Will online transactions eventually replace person-to-person contact? Why or why not?
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IT professionals agree that computer technology is changing the way companies do business. Many brick-and-mortar firms are launching large-scale B2B and B2C ventures that profoundly will affect traditional business practices and operations. Few observers think that IT will replace person-to-person contact totally, although many clerical and administrative functions will become automated. The real question is how these changes will affect people in an information-oriented society. Many observers feel that the implications of huge quantities of information and 24/7 access can cut in both directions.
Reasonable people differ on these issues, and you might want to propose a debate among your students. For additional background and viewpoints about the impact of computer technology on traditional person-to-person interaction, students can perform research on the Internet and compare the views of technology-based publications such as InfoWorld, to mainstream business publications such as Fortune, Forbes, and the Harvard Business Review, among others.
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